Trickery
91 books featuring this theme
Trickery uses deception and agility to overturn stronger forces or rigid norms. It exposes contradictions and enables creative adaptation.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
Medea
Euripides
431 BCE
Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous
1900-2000 CE
African, Mandinka
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous
1180-1070 BCE
Egyptian
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma
300-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
1835-1849 CE
Slavic, Finnish
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Akan
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous
600-1900 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
East Asian, Tibetan
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva
1070 CE
Indian, Hindu